“Deserve to Be Out There” – Martin Truex Jr’s Brother Expresses Concerns on His NASCAR Future

Published 07/10/2022, 9:45 AM EDT

Martin Truex Jr’s younger brother Ryan Truex recently spoke about his potential career as a full-time NASCAR driver. Ryan currently races in the Xfinity Series. He had the chance to be a part of six races this season. And the recent Atlanta one was the 6th. With his final race of the season out of the way, he has some doubts about whether he will be in the sport beyond this season.

After coming third in the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, he reflects on his expectations for the future. In an interview, he said, “You know I feel like every time I’m out here in the Xfinity Series, I have something to prove for real and I know I deserve to be out here and hopefully I’ll be back for more with Gibbs.”

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He also stated, “You know when you don’t run a lot it’s tough that’s why I try to front-load my races in the year to not have such big gaps between. It’s just so tough to jump in you know when you’re not running anything.”

#NASCAR … Ryan Truex finished 3rd in the Atlanta Xfinity race. He said: “This is my sixth race of the year. Unless I get something else, it will be my last race of the year.” pic.twitter.com/6VG3yYqlUu
— Dustin Long (@dustinlong) July 10, 2022

Adding, “I don’t race anything else so I have this is my 6th race of the year, unless I get something else, it will be my last race of the year.”

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Ryan has no more races this year with Joe Gibbs Racing, but there’s hope after Atlanta’s 3rd place finish that he could get a full-time seat with JGR.

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Martin’s future was in question after there were no reports of him continuing beyond the current season. But recently, the JGR driver, who has won multiple races with the team, confirmed his seat for next year.

Next year will be the 18th Cup Season for the New Jersey native as a full-time driver. Martin has previously held two of Xfinity Series championships and 31 wins in the Cup Series throughout his career.

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Srijan Mandal is a NASCAR author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Master’s in Journalism and has been writing for his own blog, 'Noobs Onboard', for a while now, covering NASCAR, F1, W Series, MotoGP, WRC and the WEC. Following motorsports for more than a decade now, he has become a devout supporter of McLaren Racing, Sir Lewis Hamilton, and Ayrton Senna.

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Ranvijay Singh